"broaden someone's horizons" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-broaden someone's horizons.ogg Forms: broadens someone's horizons [present, singular, third-person], broadening someone's horizons [participle, present], broadened someone's horizons [participle, past], broadened someone's horizons [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} broaden someone's horizons (third-person singular simple present broadens someone's horizons, present participle broadening someone's horizons, simple past and past participle broadened someone's horizons)
  1. (idiomatic) To increase someone's interests, skills, or experiences beyond their current range. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: the world
    Sense id: en-broaden_someone's_horizons-en-verb-ZjDMGd7c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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